If the pundits are correct, the Czech Republic may become the first country other than Israel to elect a Jewish president. Jan Fischer, 62, an understated former prime minister who led a caretaker government following a coalition collapse in 2009, is neck and neck in the polls with another former government head as the nation holds its first round of presidential elections on Friday and Saturday. The two front-runners advance to a runoff, and political prognosticators are predicting that Fischer will reach the …More

Boxer Dmitri Salita and basketball player Tamir Goodman made an All-Star list compiled by Orthodox Jewish website Jew in the City this month. The list, introduced by video, consists of successful Orthodox Jews that stand out in their chosen profession, which may not be associated with the faith that dictates many aspects of their lives. The chosen All-stars have had in a wide spectrum of careers, athletes like Salita and Goodman, to Sen. Joe Lieberman, the first Orthodox Jew in Congress, and Award-Winning HBO …More

Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut addressed reporters yesterday, calling for renewed discourse on violence in the wake of his state’s school shooting that left 20 children dead. "I'm always reluctant about commissions, but I really believe we ought to have a national commission on violence,” the Jewish senator said. “These events are happening more frequently and I worry that if we don't take a thoughtful look at them, we're going to lose the hurt and the anger that we have now." "And that …More

Senator Joe Lieberman gave his farewell address yesterday, ending a career that saw the Connecticut politician become the first Jewish nominee on a major party presidential ballot. Known for his bipartisan appeal—Lieberman ran for vice president as a Democrat in 2000, but was a serious contender for the running mate slot on Republican John McCain’s ticket in 2008—he ultimately ended his 24-year tenure as an Independent. “It requires reaching across the aisle and finding partners from the …More

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says he will not resign right now, despite facing charges for breach of trust and fraud. He will only reevaluate his position for now and decide before elections. [Times of Israel] Expand you culinary prowess by exploring the latke possibilities. [Times of Israel] Conan O’brien’s late night television show featured a “Human Centipede” menorah and R2D2 dreidel. [Algemeiner] The players of the Houston Rockets were videoed trying to sing the lyrics …More

Mitt Romney's campaign tells The Washington Post that it has a test to determine if an article about the candidate's Mormonism has crossed the line: “Our test to see if a similar story would be written about others’ religion is to substitute ‘Jew’ or ‘Jewish,’ ” Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. Jews could use the same test when writing not just about Jews, but Muslims and Islam. When writing about objections to the application of Islamic Shariah law in …More

A woman vying for Senate is facing a backlash after calling a fellow candidate a “whore for AIPAC.” Lee Whitnum, who is running for the Connecticut seat left vacant by a retiring Joe Lieberman, blasted Congressman Chris Murphy in a televised debate. “I’m dealing with a whore here who sells his soul to AIPAC,” Whitnum said, referring to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, “who will say anything for the job.” Following the remarks, in which Whitnum also …More

WARNING: We have some Jew-on-Jew funny for you! And it's pretty vicious. That’s right. Jon Stewart took it to Senator Joe Lieberman last week over what’s called Political Intelligence trading, where go-betweens take information from our fine elected representatives and then sell it to hedge funds. “Here’s what that looks like if that same type of activity happens in regular non-Congress economy,” Stewart says, before running a montage of reports of various folks being arrested for …More

Israeli Opposition leader Tzipi Livni met with United States Senator Joe Lieberman in Jerusalem on Wednesday to discuss a variety of issues, including the rise of religious extremism in Israel and what that means in terms of the country's relationship with the United States. Livni said that the passing of radical legislation and the recent intense battles over the segregation of women in Israel make it difficult for American Jews to defend the Jewish state. “I met with Senator Joe Lieberman and discussed …More

The Knesset’s Ethics Committee has decided to suspend MK Hanin Zoabi for one day due to her actions last July when she interrupted a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then shoved an usher who was trying to remove her from the plenum hall. [Ynet]  Canada’s Globe and Mail selected Tel Aviv as one of the world’s most creative cities, celebrating Israel’s commitment to developing new technologies. [Haaretz] United States Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman are …More

At least ten people were injured and one terror operative were killed in two IAF strikes in the Gaza Strip. [Ynet] Last week, a former leader of Belgian Jewry resigned to protest the board's decision to honor a politician who equated Israel with Nazism and is also suing the same board for libel. [JPost] The government is very likely to approve Negev's Nevatim airbase to serve as Israel's second major international airport; Transport and Road Safety Minister Yisrael Katz introduced a draft resolution to …More

Senator Joe Lieberman defended Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith in an op-ed in The Washington Post last week. “I have been watching the recent controversy over Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith through two prisms. One is the vision of the appropriate relationship between government and religion, as set out by America’s Founders; the other is my own experience in 2000 as the first Jewish American to be nominated for national office,” Lieberman …More